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		63stack 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android users can now use conversational editing i... Oh my god, the syncing requires opening a port??? The amount of hoops these applications require us to jump through nowadays

into_ruin 5 months ago [–]

It's not the technical difficultly, it's the increased risk.

63stack 5 months ago | [–]

What's the risk in allowing a port through a firewall to an application you already trust? How do other applications solve this without a need for an open port?

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